Meet disgraced country star Jimmie Allen’s ex-wife, Alexis Gale: the skincare expert and qualified nurse is mum to 3 of the award-winning singer-songwriter’s children

Nov 1 , 2024

Country singer Jimmie Allen finalised his divorce from estranged wife Alexis Gale in October. Photo: Instagram

Allen and Gale married not long after meeting in 2019 – they started a family, but divorce was inevitable after he confessed to having had an affair with his manager

Country music star Jimmie Allen, 39, is officially on the market again. His divorce from his ex-wife Alexis Gale has been finalised more than a year after their split.

Soon after the couple separated and filed for divorce in April 2023, Gale gave birth to their third child, Cohen Ace James, now 13 months old. They are also parents of four-year-old Naomi Bettie and three-year-old Zara James, while Allen has another son, 10-year-old Aadyn, with a previous partner and one-year-old twins Amari and Aria with a different mother.

Who, then, is Jimmie Allen’s ex-wife Alexis Gale?

How did Jimmie Allen meet his ex-wife, Alexis Gale?

Jimmie Allen and Alexis Gale had a whirlwind romance. Photo: @celebsecretscountry/Instagram

Both Allen and Gale hail from Milton, Delaware. She was friends with his cousin’s wife, who introduced them in 2019, per Parade. Before they met, according to People, he lurked on her social media accounts, but seeing her in person left him tongue-tied. Still, Allen, a future Country Music Association New Artist of the Year, managed to give her his phone number and they started dating soon after. They became engaged the same year and wed privately on his birthday in 2020. A year later they put on a public ceremony in Perkasie, Pennsylvania.

Why did they break up?

Jimmie Allen admitted to cheating on wife Alexis Gale. Photo: @wideopencountry/Instagram

Allen and Gale’s three-year marriage came to an end at about the same time as the “Down Home” singer was sued for assault and sexual abuse by his former manager in an anonymous complaint, per People. While the lawsuit was eventually dropped, Allen admitted to having had an affair with the manager for almost two years and apologised to his wife. However, the damage had been done and divorce was already on the cards. They briefly tried to work it out, but ultimately went their separate ways.

In a later interview with Kathie Lee Gifford, Allen confessed, “When I got married, I knew I wasn’t ready to be a husband. Prioritising my wife’s needs over my career – I wasn’t in a place to do that, and I felt like I wasn’t in a place for faithfulness either.”

She’s a registered nurse

Alexis Gale is a mother of three, including 13-month-old son Cohen Ace James, born soon after she filed for divorce from Jimmie Allen. Photo: @celebsecretscountry/Instagram

Gale graduated from the Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing, Delaware, in 2019, per Parade. Before her nursing career she reportedly worked as a skincare specialist at Zen Spa Fenwick, also in Delaware. While preparing for her nursing exams she studied with Allen, who offered support despite his busy schedule.